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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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Reply #60 on:
June 13, 2012, 05:14:00 PM »
I like low to mid 60's. Mainly because I like to shoot 650-800+ grain arrows and still get decent trajectory with those draw weights.
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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Reply #61 on:
June 13, 2012, 05:56:00 PM »
My "go to" for hunting is a Shrew CH, 68@29.
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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June 13, 2012, 06:10:00 PM »
53 pounds....zips right through anything I'm going to hunt.
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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Reply #63 on:
June 14, 2012, 02:22:00 AM »
Around 50# be shooting that weight for many years.
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Thumper Dunker
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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Reply #64 on:
June 14, 2012, 03:47:00 AM »
55-60 just feels right.
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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Reply #65 on:
June 14, 2012, 09:40:00 AM »
50 to 55 lbs with a 600 grain arrow and ultra sharp broadhead will zip thru pretty much any deer, elk or bear.
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Kip
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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June 14, 2012, 11:14:00 AM »
When I started bowhunting in the 70's I went from 45/50 to 55/60 till about 2008/2010 or so.When I turned about 60 I found I shot better with 50lbs. plus or minus a few lbs.I have limbs 46 to 53 that I shoot now.Looks like I am back full circle.Kip
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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Reply #67 on:
June 14, 2012, 01:37:00 PM »
My bows range from 45-60# at my draw. Now that I'm 40 I'm liking 50#, it's all about hitting where ya look...
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Tim
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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Reply #68 on:
June 14, 2012, 03:29:00 PM »
50#s does the job for me!
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Tom Leemans
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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June 14, 2012, 03:30:00 PM »
About 205, but I haven't been 205 for years.
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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June 15, 2012, 02:43:00 PM »
I've gone from 60# to 55# to 50# and now settled at 47# for the past few years ( all at my 30" draw). Arrow weight at 563gr. Great performance on deer & bear and would not hesitate to hunt elk or moose with this setup either. SHARP broadheads and good placement = dead critters!
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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June 15, 2012, 02:49:00 PM »
55-60 is comfortable
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June 15, 2012, 02:52:00 PM »
55#'s has traditionally been my favorite hunting wt. however starting to warm up to the 50-52# range efficient bows.
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AngelDeVille
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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June 15, 2012, 03:07:00 PM »
I think at my draw length I'm pullin' about #53-54.
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June 15, 2012, 03:16:00 PM »
65# to 75#
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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June 15, 2012, 03:17:00 PM »
55 - 70#, having dropped after years of shooting heavy stuff. Favorite weight 55-66#, I do not shoot near as much as when I was younger.
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Red Tailed Hawk
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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June 15, 2012, 09:31:00 PM »
Anything around 50# give or take a few pounds!!!
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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June 15, 2012, 10:53:00 PM »
I've settled in to the 38-40lb range for whitetails. A passthru at 40lbs is easier to see than a passthru at 50lbs.
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TOEJAMMER
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Re: Favorite hunting weight?
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June 16, 2012, 12:43:00 AM »
Usually 60 to 65 but the go to bow is 61 all at 27 inches. A much cleaner release and been shooting them for many, many years and .....elk are big animals.
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